Dear Chris, in regards to this message to me.

 > Once upon a time, out on MARS. While reading the mail, wispering this:


I did not wisper all this, and Adelaide is not quite as far awawy as Mars.

 > HC> This is a short off topic message from a Windows XP User by the name  

 >  Best way, is to buy a copy of one of the leading brands of
Anti-virus       > software, such as Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro's
PC-Cillin, or one of the     > free downloads such as the german AVP
(Anti-Virus Personal), keep them       > updated.


Aha.

 > Buy or download an effective Firewall program, such as Black Ice
Defender,   > or Zone Alarm (free) Pro (commercial) as the built-in
firewall included      > with XP is almost as useless as water.


There would be no world without water, but you are right, i suspect
somebody else lives on this computer, thankfully i think that somebody else
is my brother.

 > Then call MS and buy the Service Pack 1 disk, as it is a very large
d/l and  > highly impractical unless you have a FAST broadband
connection, and patch    > the OS.


Aha, would apple do virus devices that are Windoze compatible? or is that a
dumb question?.

 > Then hit MS's update site for the patches that AREN'T on the SP1 disk..


Aha.

 > After that you should be able to cruise the WEB with normal caution,
and be  > fairly well protected.


Aha, well thanks for that information, BTW How is life under Governer Arnie?.

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